FEW TALES OF MUSLIM HEROES LOST IN HISTORY.

Not many know that the freedom movement against the British rule was quiet strong in the princely state of Hyderabad. The Nizam was a 'faithful ally' of the British and always ensured that voices of dissent against the foreign rule was curbed with an iron hand. But braving the Nizam's wrath, hundreds joined the Indian National Congress and mounted an attack against the British. Even long before the Congress was formed in 1885, Hyderabad had its own freedom heroes in the form of Turrebaz Khan and Moulvi Alauddin, who led an armed struggle against the British Presidency. According to historian and author Syed Naseer Ahmed, Hyderabadis stood by Gandhiji, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Maulana Azad and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. If one Hyderabadi (Abid Hasan Safrani) had coined the most patriotic slogan, Jai Hind, another (Shoebullah Khan) fell dead to the bullets of Razakars. Yet another (Mir Akbar Ali Khan) preferred to fight for the merger of Hyderabad with Indian Union to holding the coveted post of the prime minister. He turned down the offer of prime ministership.
Naseer Ahmed, author of the Immortals, a pictorial guide on Muslim freedom fighters wrote that,"There were revolutionary poets and women fighters too in Hyderabad. The princely state had also sent one of the first freedom fighters (Moulvi Alauddin) to the notorious cellular jail in the Andaman". The fight against the British rule began in Hyderabad on 17th July, 1857 and continued for 91 years till the merger of Hyderabad with Indian Union on 17th September, 1948. Many Hyderabadi heroes, who changed the course of freedom movement in Hyderabad, continue to remain unsung.
  1. Moulvi Syed Alauddin & Turrebaz Khan: Moulvi Syed Alauddin, Imam of Makkah Masjid, was angry that the Nizam was supporting the British. He intensified his fight against the British rule in 1857 during the First War of Independence. There was a rebellion against the British in Aurangabad, which was under the Nizam rule. The freedom fighters in a bid to escape arrest came to Hyderabad. But the Nizam took them into custody. Moulvi Alauddin and Turrebaz Khan (Turrum Khan) held a meeting on 17th July, 1857 after the Friday prayers at Makkah Masjid and mounted an attack on the British Residency. After the attack, Moulvi Alauddin and Turrebaz Khan escaped and went underground. Later, Khan was arrested and hanged. Alauddin was sent to the cellular jail in Andaman where he died in 1884 after 25 years of incarceration.
  2. Maulvi Abdul Qayyum Khan: He was the first Muslim leader from Hyderabad to join Indian National Congress in 1885. He led the anti-Chanda railway project struggle. It was the first open defiance of the Nizam.
  3. Syed Badrul Hassan: He worked as a reporter in the Young India. He also organised Tilak Swarajya Nidhi funds. Badrul Hassan was the first person in Hyderabad to burn foreign goods in response to Swadeshi movement.
  4. Shoebullah Khan: He worked for a Urdu weekly but the Nizam banned it. He began a publication and wrote editorials demanding Hyderabad join Indian Union. Razakars chopped off his hands and shot at him on 21st August, 1948.
  5. Syed Nasir Hassan: Syed Nasir Hassan led students of City College in 1946 against the detention of soldiers of the Azad Hind Fauz. Later, he led a movement to bring pressure on the Nizam to accede to Indian Union.
  6. Dr. Maqdoom Mohiuddin: Poet Dr. Maqdoom Mohiuddin was a member of Congress and Communist Party. He joined Quit India Movement. Nizam government imprisoned him. He was father of Trade Union Movement in Telugu States.
  7. Syed Fakhrul Hajiya Hassan: She led Swadeshi and Non-Cooperation Movements among women. She commanded so much respect that leaders like Gandhiji and Netaji used to address her as "Amma Jaan".
  8. Baqar Ali Mirza: Baqar Ali Mirza drafted the historical statement advising the Nizam to accede to the Indian Union much to the chagrin of the Razakars. He was lodged in jail for fighting against the British.
  9. Syed Abid Hassan Safrani: He was a soldier of Indian National Army. He participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement. He worked as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's secretary for two years. He coined the slogan, Jai Hind.
  10. Mir Akbar Ali Khan: He participated in the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement. He rejected the request to oppose the boycott by the representatives of Nizam. He was a strong opponent of Razakar leader Kasim Rizvi.
  11. Mullah Abdul Basit: His newspaper, Khadim, was opposed to the imperial powers. He demanded that the Nizam merge Hyderabad with India and disband Razakars. Khadim was banned by the Nizam.
  12. Jamalunnisa Baji: Jamalunnisa Baji was one of those who stood against the British as well as the Nizam establishment. She was a staunch Communist and even sheltered many freedom fighters.
  13. Fareed Mirza: He took part in the movement for merger of Hyderabad with Indian Union. He told Muslims to speak out against repression of Razakars. He was called traitor for opposing Nizam and Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.
--Challapalli Srinivas Chakravarthy--
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